The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has dismissed the case of two Christian midwives who were denied jobs in Sweden for refusing to perform abortions, ruling that the violation of the women’s consciences as “proportionate.”
The EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier has said that the UK’s refusal to stay governed by the European Court of Human Rights will have an “immediate and concrete effect” on the kind of deal that Brussels is willing to sign with London.
Chancellor Angela Merkel railed against free speech in the German parliament, declaring that freedom of expression which offends “the dignity of other people” must be censored to secure a truly free society.
A recent ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found that German authorities had not violated a family’s rights when they stormed their home and forcibly seized their four children to prevent them from receiving homeschooling, a decision condemned by human rights advocates as “a major blow to parental rights.”
French legal expert Gregor Puppinck has said that a recent European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling in Greece could open up the door for limited aspects of Islamic sharia law to be adopted in Europe.
The former commander of American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan warned Friday that the United States’ military cooperation with the U.K. could be threatened by the growing use of human rights laws to target British soldiers.
Europe’s human rights court has handed a partial victory to civil rights groups challenging the legality of government surveillance programs.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – The European Court of Human Rights has rejected that an appeal by Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik who claimed his incarceration in Norway violates his rights. The Strasbourg, France-based court said Thursday the case “doesn’t
The European Parliament has been told Brexit will see Human Rights protections in the UK slashed, making trade and security cooperation difficult after Britain leaves the European Union (EU).
The British government has rejected a petition calling for a Free Speech Act and an end to laws against so-called ‘hate speech’.
President Donald J. Trump has backed the fight to save the critically ill British baby Charlie Grad, saying he would be “delighted” to “help” the boy after a European court ruled his parents could not privately fund a final attempt to treat him.
A European court has ruled that the parents of a critically ill baby cannot privately pay for him to go to the U.S. for “experimental treatment”, and the child must stay in a British hospital to “die with dignity”.
The Conservative Party is likely to drop a 2015 pledge to withdraw Britain from the European Convention on Human Rights, leaving Britain bound by the convention for at least another five years.
Sending messages to your fiancée? Your boss has a right to read them, according to a new ruling from the European Court of Human Rights.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has overruled the decision of an Irish court, preventing the nation from deporting a man alleged to be a prolific recruiter for the Islamic State terror group. The Dublin court had ruled that an unnamed 52-year-old man
Amid wider concerns over freedom of expression and access to information in Turkey, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled the government violated fundamental freedoms when it blocked access to YouTube. Turkey’s violation of the European Convention on Human
The Conservatives are already facing a humiliating climb down over the European Convention on Human Rights as a leading advisor has said it will not be possible to ignore rulings from Strasbourg unless the UK withdraws completely. It means that
David Cameron has ruled out withdrawing Britain from the European Convention on Human Rights, turning the promised repeal of Britain’s Human Rights Act into a mere smokescreen for quietly maintaining the status quo. The Conservatives pledged to replace the Human
A government minister has threatened to quit if the Conservatives go through with their manifesto pledge of scrapping the Human Rights Act and replacing it with a British Bill of Rights. The issue promises to be one of the main dividing
The European Court of Human Rights had ruled the British government has breached the human rights of prisoners by barring them from voting in elections, however it did also say that they are not entitled to compensation. The latest mass
